Sudanese Pastors Acquitted, Escape Possible Death PenaltyAugust 5, 2015 — Pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yen faced flogging and a possible death penalty on multiple charges, including undermining the Constitution, waging war against the State, and espionage 08/05/2015 Washington D.C.,...
Christian Pastor Dies Two Years After Beating by Hindu RadicalsJuly 30, 2015 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 07/30/2015 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “Till his last breath, he endured the path of suffering while serving God,” said 65-year-old Rodemma, wife of the...
A Christian Greeting Turns into a Night of Terror for Christians in Southern IndiaJuly 29, 2015 — By William Stark 7/29/2015 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - In January 2015, Christians in a village in southern India were brutally assaulted by Hindu radicals. In response to the...
Family, Church Grieves and Hopes for another Egyptian Christian Kidnapped in LibyaJuly 28, 2015 — By Todd Daniels and Sandra Eliott with ICC’s Egypt Representative 07/28/2015 Washington, D.C.(International Christian Concern) - On July 17th, ISIS jihadists in Libya announced via Twitter the capture of 3...
Will There Be a Future for Iraq’s Christians?July 27, 2015 — By Todd Daniels and Sandra Eliott 07/27/15 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “There is horrible and uncontrolled violence and chaos [that is] leaving non-Muslim minorities like the Christians [in]...
Pakistani Police Stand up for Christian Blasphemy Victims in PunjabJuly 24, 2015 — Action Lauded by Human Rights Groups By ICC’s Pakistan Correspondent 7/24/2015 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Christian leaders and human rights activists have lauded Pakistani police for rescuing several...
India’s Christians Call for Reforms as Modi’s Promises Lack ActionJuly 23, 2015 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 7/23/2015 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - “In India, being [a] secular democracy, everyone needs to respect each other’s beliefs and practices,” a dejected rural pastor...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Suspends Christian Mother’s Death SentenceJuly 22, 2015 — Asia Bibi’s Blasphemy Appeal to be Decided on the Merits 7/22/2015 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Pakistan’s Supreme Court has temporarily suspended...
Last chance for Christian mother facing gallows to be decided by Pakistan’s Supreme CourtJuly 17, 2015 — Asia Bibi Appeals Blasphemy Conviction to Pakistan’s Highest Court Washington D.C. — International Christian Concern has confirmed that Asia Bibi, a Christian mother sentenced to death for allegedly committing blasphemy,...
Deal Reached on Iranian Nuclear Program, While Religious Persecution Remains Rampant and Americans are in PrisonJuly 15, 2015 — American Pastor Saeed Abedini, three other Americans, and nearly 90 Christians remain in prison even as the United States and other world leaders have reached an agreement with the Islamic...
Defense Refutes Evidence in Death Penalty Case of Pastors in SudanJuly 15, 2015 — 7/15/15 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - The defense presented its case yesterday attempting to refute questionable evidence in the death penalty trial of two South Sudanese pastors charged with...
United States Questions Mexico over Persecution of Protestant ChristiansJuly 13, 2015 — Five Protestants, Including Three Children, Arrested by Local Authorities in Latest Incident 07/13/2015 Washington D.C., (International Christian Concern) –International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the United States has questioned...
Jihadist Groups Surge Attacks Across Africa During RamadanJuly 11, 2015 — By Troy Augustine 7/10/15 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - Islamic extremist groups continue to pile up shocking body counts, slaughtering scores of civilians during the Muslim holiday month of...
No Rest for the Weary: The Plight of Assyrian Christians in the LevantJuly 10, 2015 — By Todd Daniels and Sandra Elliot 07/10/2015 Washington, DC (International Christian Concern) - “Within minutes, tens of thousands of people fled their homes,” Nuri Kino, founder of A Demand for...
Christian Church in India Shut Down by Police Following Series of Assaults by Hindu RadicalsJuly 8, 2015 — By ICC’s India Correspondent 7/8/2015 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) - India’s Christians continue to face growing challenges to the free exercise of their faith. The challenges faced by Christ...
One Year Later: Rising from the Ashes after Brutal Al-Shabaab Attack in KenyaJuly 7, 2015 — 7/6/15 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - Samuel Kang’ethe bears the scars of a gunshot wound to the abdomen that he sustained one year ago when Islamist al-Shabaab militants assaulted...
